New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae)
Author
Bippus, Maik
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2016
2016-12-20
66
2
347
370
https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1910
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910
0005-805X
5373173
Crocidosema plebejana
ZELLER, 1847
Wingspan:
12–13 mm
; adult (plate 13: fig. 64); female genitalia (plate 13: fig. 66).
This small species is common at light in
Réunion
. One female was bred from larvae on
07-xi-2015
from
Sida rhombifolia
L. (
Malvaceae
). Locality:
Réunion
, La Possession, alt.
400 m
.
Other specimens were collected at light at the same locality on
20-x-2014
,
02-v-2016
and
13-v-2016
.
I also found this species in
Mauritius
at light in Flic-en-
Flac
,
12-vi-2016
.
Distribution
: Cosmopolitan in tropical regions, incl.
Madagascar
,
Mauritius
,
Seychelles
, new record for
La Réunion
.